Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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On
August 4, CPJ wrote to NATO Secretary
General Anders Fogh Rasmussen requesting information about the July 30 attacks
on broadcast facilities in Libya
in which NATO aircraft destroyed three broadcast dishes. As we noted in our
letter, CPJ is concerned any time a media outlet faces a military attack. Such
attacks can only be justified under international humanitarian law if the
facility is being used for military purposes or to incite violence against the
civilian population.

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On July 30, NATO warplanes attacked three transmission
towers in Libya. The goal apparently was to knock Libyan state television off
the air because, NATO alleged, "it was being used as an integral component of
the regime apparatus designed to systematically oppress and threaten civilians
and to incite attacks against them."